EC WEEKEND THOMAS RIVER AREA

[Vis Arend]

Baie mooi, veral daai dele tussen die bome. Sal graag saam met julle Oos Kaap ouens wil ry, was in PE op skool en Universiteit en verlang baie.

Aan Kally wil ek net se dat my twee KLR's wat ek gehad het dieselfde topspoed as my Transalp gehaal het nl 175 km/u. Die Transalp kom net vinniger daar uit maar op grond ry jou fiets baie lekkerder.  :ricky:

:thumleft:  Maak 'n plan en ons ry.  Praat van die KLR, dis een bike waarvoor ek baie respek het.  ;D

Hel dis mooi in daai omgewing. :drif:

Ek wag jou.

Mense, Arende en J-Mol, julle het werklik n ongelooflikke naweek se ry gehad  :ricky:
Die area, sal ek en Des graag n bietjie wil gaan verken, dankie vir die deel.  :thumleft:

Indeed, we had a great weekend, it felt like a week long holiday.  You guys are most welcome to come and explore our area.  Not only do we have some of the most beautiful area's to explore, we have some of the best hosts.

 

[JACOVV]

Here are some of my kiekies.

Safe landing at Thomas River. Irish slept in his van  :

Just asking - - - - How can you camp and do NOTHING AT ALL???

The start of the route

There they come

Dikkes is resting  :mwink:

 

[JACOVV]

All of them

Irish

Fargo

BradM

Kally

Die Arende - Fokus my kind, fokus  :mwink:

The road ahead

 

[JACOVV]

Ou Dikkes resting agaian. That was the end of the "2 spoor"on the farm.

After Stutterheim we went trhough Kologha Forest. Irish is more up to date with the area than me

Jou mooi ding  :ricky:

Huis / Paleis

Kyk ma - geen hande  eepwall:

Rustig

BradM

 

[JACOVV]

Irish going over Gubu Damwall

Gubu Dam

The other side of the Damwall

All along the road I saw these "Bus Stops, or are they "Taxi Stops"???

As ek moeg word vd lewe in die stad . . . . . . . . .

Keiskammahoek Mall

Elke huis het sy Kruis

Group Photo at Sandile Dam

 

[KALLY]

Thanks for the R/R Vis Arend, It was truly a beautiful day's riding.
Mev Vis Arend, I think you should become our official photographer, you really do have the eye for it.
As for the comments about the KLR, Well all I can say is that I love it and wouldn't change it for the world.

 

[JACOVV]

Sandile dam

BradM

Die Arende

I'm watching you  ;D

Gat in die grond

Ciskei traffic / roadblock officials

Entering the State Forest near Hogsback

Scenery

Mrs Visarend walking around looking for a kiekie oppertunity

 

[JACOVV]

BradM on his way

Die Arende on their way

Irish & Kally

Fargo coming closer  ;D

Arende

Our leader - Irish.  Thanks again Pat.

 

[JACOVV]

In Hogsback we went for a lunch at The Edge . . . . . .

Zebra Chairs

While we waited for our food, some were talking  :biggrin:

other phoned home  :mwink:

and other discussed family matters  :ricky:

and I sommer walked away  :mwink:

to have a look at the flowers 

and to find our food because it took a while to be served    ot:

on our way back, Ou Dikkes clocked in at 40 000 kilo's.

Thanks to each and every one that came along. 

Another big thumbs up for Pat for a very nice route etc.  Think we must sponsor so that you can meet the farmers in the pubs  :imaposer:

Until next time - Be Good.

Jaco

 

[Vis Arend]

Thanks Jaco for your contribution, very nice photo's. 
Now where are the others?  ;D

 

[Lem]

Visarend, baie dankie vir hierdie verslag en fotos.

daai area bly maar net vir my roep van die Kaap af. great roete hierso. Sal jou kontak as ek daai kant toe kom, vir navigasie. 

ek sal vir ure by daai outydse winkeltjie kan uithang ook

 

[Fargo]

Very lekker photos Jaco,many thanks ;D

 

[J-dog]

thanks for the pics! Sure is pretty around there. In 2008 or 2009 we had the KTM rally raid there and there were circa 200 katooms riding around those farms. We also camped at the old post office. Partied hard at night and rode hard in the day. Did you go through hogback at all?

 

[Wolfman]

Hoe's daai museum? Baie lekrr rr :thumleft:

 

[Vis Arend]

Visarend, baie dankie vir hierdie verslag en fotos.

daai area bly maar net vir my roep van die Kaap af. great roete hierso. Sal jou kontak as ek daai kant toe kom, vir navigasie. 

ek sal vir ure by daai outydse winkeltjie kan uithang ook

:thumleft: :deal:

thanks for the pics! Sure is pretty around there. In 2008 or 2009 we had the KTM rally raid there and there were circa 200 katooms riding around those farms. We also camped at the old post office. Partied hard at night and rode hard in the day. Did you go through hogback at all?

The locals mentioned the KTM rally that was held there.  Yip, we had some grub in Hogsback.

Hoe's daai museum? Baie lekrr rr :thumleft:

Kan ure daar rondloop.  ;D

 

[IRISH]

Visarend, Mev Visarend and JMOL thanks very much for posting this. Visarend sorry I only e-mailed my report yesterday to you. I have been scarce because of a little calamity at Bhisho which has to be sorted out. What excellent photos. They sure make the trip look special which it was. To all the others who said that they would like to do this area one day, do it. Any of us would love to show you around. Thanks to all for a special day. Cheers
Pat

 

[saklx650c]

Nice looking ride. Maybe I can join you next time.

 

[spoedvark]

Thanks for another excellent RR guys and gals. Much apprciated.

JMOL doing 170?????? Suuuuuurreeeelllyyyyyyy?????

That pic with the ccamera of JMOL set up on the water bottle with the bikes formong an arrow towards the riders at Sandile dam is and awesome pic. Well thought out guys.

Send it in to Voema magazine. Bound to win something???

Cricket finished now so hopefully the next ride i will be able to join. Need to still try out the pants i bought!!

 

[Vis Arend]

IRISH, not to worry, my friend, my email is on a computer that's not working at the moment.  We thank you for organizing this wonderfull trip.  :thumleft:

saklx650c, be our quest and partake in the fun.  :3some:

spoedvark, JMOL were doing slightly more than 170km/h, we need to calm this man, he is getting out of hand.  ;D  We are waiting for you to join.  :3some:

 

[White Rhino]

Nice capture there guys - also nice passage through private farms - thanks :thumleft: